Celebrity Resemblances

During my last email chat with Roeshel from The DIY Showoff, I told her that "I feel like I know a celebrity!" obviously referring to her.

Though she insisted that she's not (so very humble, my dear friend, Roeshel), it finally hit me...

...maybe it's because she so closely resembles a celebrity!

Roeshel from The DIY Showoff:



Sarah Walker from the TV show: Brothers & Sisters:

Soooo gorgeous!

She's one of my favorite characters from the show.

Anyone else see the resemblance?

Or is it just me?

Uncanny....

I think Roeshel is Sarah Walker, and she's just being her usual humble, modest self. Trying to fly under the radar. Well, I'm Roeshel's biggest stalker follower, so of course I would find out her secret!

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I swear, Roeshel from The DIY Showoff is my biggest supporter.

Many of my followers originally found me through her!

If you don't know her, click the image above to check out her blog!

You can also click here to go directly to my feature!

AND a huge thanks to Roeshel for the feature. It is much appreciated!

Master Bedroom Redo

I am finally showing you my master bedroom.

This should be the.....3rd?...time that I've redone the master bedroom since buying our house in 2006.

Yeah, I know, that's a lot, but it always takes me a few tries to get things "perfect."

So with all my junk stuff successfully stuffed into my husband's closet, all I had to do was give the room a quick mopping and iron the curtains, and I was all set!

I never took a "before" photo.

I'm sorry.

If you want a quick run-down of the flooring being put in, and a little sneak at what the walls used to look like, you can check it out in this post here.

Without further adoo (ado? adu?), here is the master bedroom:

Bedskirt: http://www.younkers.com/shop/bed-bath/duvets-bed-skirts-canopies/livingquarters-crochet-bed-skirt_169213.html  in ivory



Table lamps: LivingQuarters from Younkers.  (Sorry, there's no web link)

Bedding: http://www.westelm.com/products/organic-cotton-pin-tuck-duvet-cover-and-shams-b340/?pkey=corganic-bedding  in natural

Wooden roman shades: Menards (sorry, no web link!)

Curtains: http://www.shopko.com/detail/envision-studio-bailey-cord-grommet-top-window-panel/10080/0710

I won this jewelry armoire last summer at an auction.

I have way too much jewelry, and I just donated half my collection.

Haha...

Mirror: Younkers (no web link, I found it on Yellow Dot, so it was super cheap!)

So what do you think?

My bedroom before had "noise" everywhere. I packed so much stuff into such a small space. I need to de-clutter my life.

This bedroom is so peaceful at night, and so cheery in the morning.

I love it.

=D

Of course, I will be adding a thing here or there.

My husband wants a chair in the room, so he can sit down and put his socks on.

Right now he does a funny little hop when he puts them on.

It amuses me, but he's not as amused.

Haha.

I'm thinking about putting this one from the Country Living line from Kmart in the corner by my new mirror:

It matches the new nightstands.

I'm in love with the upholstery nail trim.

(Ahem...I have a birthday coming up, Hubs!)

I also want to warm up the room a bit with some nice natural jute rugs.

I'm in love with this one from Pottery Barn:

...but it also has a $49 price tag.

I would need two, and $100 is way out of my price range.

Target has about the same prices.

If anyone knows of a place that sells jute rugs in 3'x5' for about $30 or less, could you let me know?

I would appreciate it greatly!

Master Bedroom Closets: Plan

It's been a while since I've given you an update!

The Master Bedroom is coming along great.

After the contractors left, I finished up my husband's closet.

Here it is completely finished, with new flooring, baseboard, and paint to match the master bedroom:

We are now able to sleep in our own bed again.

Of course, the room is still not ready for viewing.

This is what my closet looks like.

This side needs more flooring, and the walls need to be primed and painted:

That wouldn't be that bad at all.

However, this is the other side of the same closet:

The back wall comes out a little further than the rest. There's a weird "bump" in the middle of the floor, causing a raised area. I believe there is plumbing under there.

The wires/cables are all for the TV/antennae/booster.

It's impossible to hide all of this in the walls, so I'm building a wall with an access door.

This little area will just be a utility area, and then I will have the rest of my closet for all my girlie things.

=D

So that's what has been stalling me.

Don't even get me started on the random plumbing PVC  pipe that should be vented through the roof, but instead has a shopping bag with electrical tape wrapped around it to stop it from venting into my closet.

Haha.....sometimes you just have to laugh.

Anyways, I've decided that I'm just going to clean up the room and temporarily store all of my stuff in my husband's closet until I get mine done.

That way I can snap some photos, and you won't have to wait any longer to see my master bedroom.

Sound like a plan?

Do you have any weird things in your house that the old owners did? I could write a book about my house's odd/annoying/funny quirks (at least my contractors thought they were funny...), but I want to hear about yours!

Wine

It took me a long time to appreciate wine.

My MIL first introduced it to be a few years back.

I choked it down with a smile.

You see, I come from a line of beer drinkers. I can name the favorite beer brand of most my aunts and uncles. Now, I'm not saying we are a bunch of alcoholics, we just appreciate an ice cold bottle/can/mug/pint of a perfectly brewed beer after a long day.

Then I went on a wine tasting tour for my husband's cousin's wife's (did you follow that?) bachelorette party.

I was skeptical, but I like the girl, and she was soon to be family, so why not?

That's when I began to appreciate wine.

I don't love every type. I like white more than red. Something sweet with high residual sugars.

I like a Riesling.

I hate a Cabernet.

I began fine-tuning my love for wine.

I began researching doo-dads, gadgets, and what-nots for wine.

Take, for example, a vacuum sealing wine preserver.



While interesting in thought, I think it's a waste of money.

Maybe because, in my house, the wine bottle gets emptied before the end of the night.

(Which, to me, means the party was a success!)

One product that I am glad that I purchased is an aerator, similar to this one:

from Younkers.

This isn't the model that I own. The one I have twists onto the end of the wine bottle so that it aerates as you pour it.

Nifty.

It actually changes ("blossoms" as the product packaging says.........sure....) the taste of the wine.

I've tried it.

It works.

I'm going on a "Girls Night In" at my good friend's house tonight. We have to bring a bottle of our favorite wine to pass around and everyone samples.

Fun hey?

It was my idea.

;)

Is there any wine do-dad that you swear by? Any fun tricks (such as "trilling") to drink the wine?

Please share your insight!